We’ll empower you with a rigorous education focused on your intellectual and personal development. Saint Mary’s offers 19 departments and over 30 majors designed to help women excel inside and outside the classroom.

Challenging education
Saint Mary’s ranking for the second year in a row as one of the Nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S. News & World Report "2009 America's Best Colleges" issue signifies that you’ll find academic challenge in a stimulating environment. We have six nationally accredited programs and professors who’ve come from prestigious universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.

Promoting women
You’ll find strong preparation for a wide range of careers through the broad liberal arts foundation Saint Mary’s provides. Gain competence in quantitative skills and modern languages. Improve your ability to solve complex problems. Learn to communicate with precision and style. The techniques we use to engage you in learning include conversation and classroom participation. It’s a supportive environment that encourages you to become an active learner.

Preparing leaders
At Saint Mary’s, women develop leadership skills whether they focus on work, church, community, or family. We challenge you to meet your potential, build your confidence through success, and develop as a leader so you’ll achieve success in your career as well as in your community.

Departments and programs
Academic Departments
Art
Biology
Business Administration and Economics
Chemistry/Physics
Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre
Communicative Disorders
Education
English
History
Humanistic Studies
Mathematics
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
Philosophy
Physical Education
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Work
Sociology

Administrative Programs
Anthropology Program
Center for Academic Innovation
Center for Women's InterCultural Leadership
Engineering
Film Studies
Intercultural Studies
Justice Education
Rome Program
Student Designed Major
Women’s Studies
Writing Proficiency Program